The Australian and Californian Gold Discoveries, and their probable consequences.

Reprint of the 1853 first edition. 279 pp. Original blue cloth (no dustwrapper, as issued). Fine. ***Valuable analysis of the history of gold rushes from the 1500s onwards and their economic consequences, with predictions of the effects of the rushes of the 1850s.

Title: The Australian and Californian Gold Discoveries, and their probable consequences.